Car-coupling



(No Model.)

B. G. PoLLANsBEfi.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 415,194. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN G. FOLLANSBEE, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,194, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed September 11, 1889. $erial No. 323,612. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN G. FoLLANs- BEE, of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gar-Couplings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an end view of a car provided with my improved coupler. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the couplers of two adjacent cars, the section being 011 the line II IIof Fig. Fig. is a plan "iew of the devices shown in Fig. 2.

Like symbols of reference indicate like parts in each.

In the drawings, 2 and 3 are the draw-bars or coupling -heads of railway-cars. These draw-bars are similarly constructed, and the description of one will serve for both. Each is composed of separated straps and a connecting-head having the usual vertical coupling-pin hole.

I is a shaft, which is journaled horizontally in the straps of the draw-bar and in projections 5 on the inner sides of said straps.

' (i 7 is a bell-cranklevcr, whose elbow is situate between the draw-bar straps and is keyed to the shaft 1 as shown in Fig. 2. To the end of one arm 7 of the bell-crank lever is pivotally connected a coupling-pin 8, and to the end of the other arm (3 is similarly connected a coupling-link 9, which is adapted to project through the head of the draw-bar when the arm 6 is in a horizontal or nearly-horizontal position, and to be retracted when said arm is in a downwardly-extending position.

The manner of coupling two cars provided with my improvement is clearly shown in Fig. 3. The arm 7 'of the bell-crank of one draw-bar is elevated, and the arm 6 is therefore brought to a horizontal position, so as to project its coupling-link through the drawhead and into the draw-head of the next car. The bell-crank lever of the other coupling is put into such position that the arm 7 is nearly horizontal and the arm 6 extends downwardly, thus bringing the coupling-pin 8 through the pinholes in the draw-head and through the coupling-link of the draw-bar 2, and retracting the coupling-link 9 of the draw-bar 3 out of the path of the other coupling-link, the end of the link still, however, resting on and being supported by the head of the draw-bar.

It is obvious that in coupling the cars the link of either car may be projected and the other link retracted, and that my improved coupler may be used in connecting the couplers of the ordinary link-and-pin form.

For the purpose of operating the bell-crank levers of the couplers without making it necessary to enter the space between the cars, I preferably provide the end of the shaft 4 with a crank 10, by turning which the bellcrank levers may be put in the proper position.

The advantages of my invention will be I appreciated by those skilled in the art.

The coupling is simple and cheap in construction, strong and durable.

I claim 1. Ina car-coupling, the combination of the draw-bar and the draw-head at the end thereof, and a bell-crank lever pivoted in the draw-bar and having on one arm a couplingpin and on the other arm a link, which on motion of the lever in one direction projects through and beyond the draw-head, and on motion of the lever in the other direction is retracted, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination of the draw-barandthe draw-head at the end thereof and a bellcrank lever having on the upper arm a coupling-pin and on the lower arm a link, which at the elevation of the leverprojects through and beyond the draw-head, and at a lower position of the lever is retracted, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September, A. I). 1889.

BENJAMlN G. FOLLANSBEE.

Witnesses:

W. B. OORWIN, THOMAS W. BAKEWELL. 

